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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.92

যত দ্রব্য লঞা আইসে, সব মূল্য করি’ লয় ।

তার দ্রব্য মূল্য দিয়া তাহারে খাওয়ায় ॥ ৯২ ॥

yata dravya lañā āise, saba mūlya kari’ laya

tāra dravya mūlya diyā tāhāre khāoyāya

Translation

As they came, bringing all kinds of food, Raghunātha dāsa purchased it all. He gave them the price for their goods and later fed them the very same food.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Paying Fairly and Feeding Generously

  1. 1

    As the shopkeepers brought different kinds of food, Raghunātha dāsa purchased it all.

  2. 2

    He paid them the price for their goods.

  3. 3

    He later fed the shopkeepers the very same food, including them in the feast.

How it feels

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yata dravyaall materials
  2. lañābringing
  3. āisecome
  4. sabaall
  5. mūlya kari’ layaRaghunātha purchased
  6. tāra dravyaof their goods
  7. mūlya diyāgiving the price
  8. tāhāre khāoyāyafed them
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might you show generosity to someone whose work supports your needs?

Practice

Offer a small snack or meal to someone who has helped you today.

Live this todayPaying Fairly and Feeding GenerouslyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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